SAMB F.C.
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| Full name | Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Blue Warrior |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Ground | Hang Tuah Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium |
| Capacity | 1,000 (Hang Tuah) 40,000 (Hang Jebat) |
| Owner | Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad |
| Chairman | Mohd. Khalid bin Nasir |
| Head coach | Rahim Abu Bakar |
| League | Malaysia A2 Amateur League |
| 2024–25 | Quarter-finalist |
Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club was a football club based in Malacca, Malaysia. They last played in the Malaysia M3 League.[1] The club was formerly known as the Perbadanan Air Melaka (PAM).
History
[edit]Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club had their first major success in the 2011 season, when they won the 2011 Liga Melaka. Domestically, SAMB FC has won the Malaysia football tournament, lastly in the 2018, and been eligible to compete in the Malaysia M3 League.
They have played in the previous incarnation of third-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia FAM League from 2016 until 2017. In 2018, they withdrew from the Malaysia FAM League and played in Liga Melaka Division 1. They earned promotion back into the third-tier division Malaysian football, the new Malaysia M3 League in 2019. However, for the 2020 season, they withdrew due to financial reason. Their slot in M3 League were given to Melaka City.
After a break of several years, SAMB returned to join the 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League the third-tier league organised by the Amateur Football League (AFL).[2][3][4]
Season by season record
[edit]| Season | Division | Position | Malaysia Cup | Malaysian FA Cup | Malaysian Charity Shield | Regional | Top scorer (all competitions) |
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| 2016 | Liga FAM | Quarter Final | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2017 | Liga FAM | Group B, Fifth position | DNQ | First Round | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2018 | Liga Melaka | Winner | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2019 | Liga M3 | 9th place | DNQ | First Round | DNQ | DNQ |  Farderin Kadir (10)
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| 2020 & 2021 1 | Season abandoned | Season abandoned | Season abandoned | Season abandoned | Season abandoned | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga A2 | Quarter-finalist | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Shamerul Abd Aziz (8)
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Notes:'
- ^1 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Players
[edit]- As of 17 July 2024[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former head coaches
[edit]| Period | Name | Nationality |
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| January 2014–October 2016 | Remeli Junit | Malaysia
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| November 2016–October 2017 | G. Torayraju | Malaysia
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| January 2018–December 2019 | Hamdan Mohamad | Malaysia
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| January 2020 | Mohd Azizan Baba | Malaysia
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| Mei 2024-November 2024 | Rahim Abu Bakar | Malaysia
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Management team
[edit]Club personnel
[edit]| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Fairullizam Isahak
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| Assistant manager | Saiful Bakhtiar Bin Samsuri
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| Head coach | Rahim Abu Bakar
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| Assistant coach | Mohd Saiful Mustafa
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| Assistant coach | Hafizuddin Said
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| Goalkeeper coach | Zaidi Hassan
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| Assistant Goalkeeper coach | Mohd Rizal Ibrahim
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| Fitness coach | Fauzi Mokhtar
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| Physio | Najmi Hashim
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| Kit manager | Nurhadisham Mehat
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| Media officer | Noor Azhar Bin Tahir
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Honours
[edit]- Division 1
Winners (5): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018
- Division 1
- Winners (1): 2014
Affiliated clubs
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "SAMB FC Perlu Pertahan Reputasi Melaka Di Liga FAM". bernama.com. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Tirai Saingan Liga A2 Amateur Al-Ikhsan Cup 2024 Bermula 19 Julai 2024". AFL.
- ^ "16 Kelab Sertai Liga A2 Musim 2024 – Bermula 19 Julai". Sukanz.
- ^ "16 Pasukan Bakal Meriahkan Liga A2 Amateur". Makan Bola.
- ^ "SAMB FC 2024-25 Player List". Football Association of Malaysia.
